Tina Jay Photography | Philadelphia Wedding Photographer

It felt SO good to have a few days off when my good friend Gail came to visit last week:)  And I've said it before, any time I have an excuse to hit the typical sight-seeing spots in Philly, I'm all about it.  Here are a few more shots from our day:

Of course we had to drive down to South Philly so Gail could experience her first REAL Philly cheesesteak at Geno's - Gail, don't hate me for posting a picture of you shoving a cheesesteak in your mouth:)

Liberty Bell, with Independence Hall in the background:

Then we were aimlessly walking around the city, and found this little area FULL of  these white flowers:

So of course with both of us being photographers, we had a little photoshoot with each other around the city, so get ready for a TON of Gail shots!

Only another photographer would be TOTALLY cool with jumping in the middle of some bushes to get a cool shot:

So pretty!

Love her smile:)

I told Gail that from now on, I want to only go on trips with fellow photographers - it was SO fun to travel around with someone else who is just as obsessed with taking pictures as I am, and will drop what we're doing to get some shots in awesome light.  That's what we did for the next two shots - we spotted this AMAZING light that, trust me, is VERY rare in Philly:)

Here is my absolute fave shot of Gail - love it!

I'll post pictures from our days in NYC soon:)  Miss you Gail!

Here is a little preview of Gail and my three days packed full of sight-seeing goodness in Philly and NYC - we REALLY lucked out with the weather - we had 3 perfect, warm, blue sky days.....and now this morning it is rainy, dark and 48 degrees outside.  It was perfect!  MUCH more to come on the blog this week!

Art museum in Philly:

30 Rock!  I really think this might be my FAVORITE picture from the whole trip - Gail bought a fisheye lens that I was LOVING playing around with.  I might just have to buy myself one:)  I couldn't get over the sky - there was NO color correction on this picture - this is just how perfect the sky looked straight out of the camera.  Talk about hitting this location at the right time!

Much more to come this week!

I love, love, love when friends come to town for a visit.....so I was SUPER excited when Gail said she wanted to take a trip out to the east cost to see Philly for the first time.  Gail and I met about a year ago at the MJ 2 Day workshop out in Arizona, where we became fast friends and stayed in touch ever since.  So TODAY (woohoo!) she is flying out to Philly from Muncie, Indiana - I thought it was only fitting to use our headshots from the MJ 2 Day last year:)

You like my photoshop skills?  Well there’s a little more goodness where that came from - tomorrow we’re going to take a tour of Philly and make all the usual stops:

Then Friday/Saturday we’re going to head up to NYC and take in everything we possibly can cram into 24 hours:)

Both of us are pretty much clueless when it comes to navigating the subway system in NYC, so this should be QUITE the adventure - I can't wait!  Since I'll be out for the next few days, I'll be sure to respond to all email by early next week!